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Jeff Lilly’s Drop-Top 1970 Torino
Custom Car Builder Jeff Lilly Crafted His Dream Blue Oval Despite its great styling in the ‘60s and into the early ‘70s, Ford’s midsize muscle car never seemed to get the respect it deserved among the...
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Tailgate: Coulda Had a V-8
Dodge truck in the U.S., rebadged as a Fargo in Canada. Same truck, different name. This mid-’50s model came standard with a 100hp Flathead six-cylinder. In 1954-1955 you could order one with the...
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The MSRA Back to the Fifties Weekend arrives in style.
By Thursday the time had finally arrived. While we had a great week of hot rod fun, the reason we were in St. Paul was to enjoy the sights and sounds of the MSRA Back to the Fifties Weekend. We were...
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Freak Show Friday: Gremmie Messes
Wow! We’ve got a two-for-one double Freak Show Friday to close out the month of June. Many out there love the Gremlin rear end. Well, at least a couple of people do—enough so that they constructed...
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125-Plus Photos from Today’s Cache Valley Cruise-In
Ok, the 2017 Cache Valley Cruise-In is just that “cruising into town” and with almost 800 cars on the Cache County Fairgrounds it’s looking like another banner year. Expectations are calling for 900...
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Back To The 50’s 2017: Painless Performance/STREET RODDER Top 100 Part 1
One of the remarkable things about Back To The 50’s presented by the Minnesota Street Rod Association is the fact that that there is no awards program. It’s all about the fun, and the nearly 12,000...
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Chevrolet and Ford’s battle for Glory At The 24 Hours of Le Mans
Americans at War in France After the final qualifying session at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans the fastest of 13 competitors in the LMGTE Pro class (Aston Martin Vantage #97) was ahead of the slowest...
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The Sweet, Boosted Music of a Twin-Turbo, Time-Attack Mustang at Pikes Peak...
Maybe we should re-title this video “how to avoid goats at 12,000 feet,” but Kash Singh finished with a personal-best at 13:22.636 in his street-legal, Time Attack 1 2017 Ford Mustang GT. Not only is...
View Article150 Images: HOT ROD Locals-Only Drag Racing Irwindale/Fontana Edition
Friday night fun runs, test-and-tunes, street-legals, call them what you will, but open racing nights are the heart of hot rod culture. From dialing in a racecar, to validating your latest speed part...
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Yeah! Gallery of Pro Mods vs Fuel Altereds in Denton, Texas!
We love a good combo, and this is magic! We’re in the great state of Texas for some home-brewed nitro and nitrous with Pro Mods pitted against Fuel Altereds. It doesn’t get any more drag race real than...
View ArticleCoolness: A Moving Target
I’m a student of gearhead anthropology and am proud of a few prophetic calls about trend shifting in past years, but here’s a twist I didn’t see coming: the next generation doesn’t know what’s cool. To...
View ArticleBig Day at Cache Valley Cruise-In: 170-plus Photo Gallery
Logan, Utah is rocking today…final day and a great gathering It’s Saturday and the third and final day of the 2017 Cache Valley Cruise-In celebrating its 35th year and the atmosphere is anything but...
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GALLERY: New England Short Track Showdown
It was described to us as “the Bristol for New England drivers.” The First Annual New England Short Track Showdown took place this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, giving an opportunity for...
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Do It At Home! Easy 4-Link Rear Upgrade For Mopars!
It can’t be helped that we see all muscle cars through a performance mindset. That’s the original marketing we remember that created our first impressions. The bigger the engine, the more carbs, the...
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Racing on the Cheap
The cost of racing these days is keeping many racecars across the country in the garage. And it is leaving many tracks with short fields. But there is one former Sprint Car driver who is facing the...
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Giant American Made Hemi Heads for Your Small-Block Ford!
Like you, when we first looked at these heads, we imagined them hanging out of the engine compartment of a Model A or 1933 Ford. The real market might be X275 radial racers that you see at events like...
View ArticleFourth of July Holiday Retro Gasser Gallery
Happy birthday America! Celebrate the freedom of nitro, wheelstands and go-go boots while you swipe through this gallery of fire, flips, and gassers. Then go out to the garage and build something cool....
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GALLERY: Outlaw Clay Classic at Route 66
Photos by Bruce Palla The World of Outlaws returned to the Dirt Oval at Route 66 Raceway for the first time in a dozen years. Both the WoO Craftsman Sprint Car Series and WoO Craftsman Late Model...
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Steer Without Fear! How To Upgrade Your Mopar Steering Box!
Driving classic Mopars with stock, sloppy, or leaky power steering systems on today’s roads can be challenging. Manual steering is even worse with its slow 24:1 ratio. A wandering car that requires...
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Gas ‘Em & Pass ‘Em! Gain 100+ HP With A Sniper Nitrous Kit!
Despite the fact that the LS guys get all the praise, the modern Hemi is arguably every bit as good, maybe even better. The one thing the two engine families share is that both were blessed with...
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